Trinidad and Tobago's most recent distraction of the week is the "bullying epidemic" in schools. There should be no surprise that violence and indiscipline in schools are on the rise as a result of decades of failed government education / social policy including but not limited to:
After all is said and done here's what you can expect.
Meanwhile, students will be further conditioned to be thin-skinned, disarmed, passive victims relying on big brother government as their ultimate protector.
- The removal of corporal punishment in schools for political reasons.
- Political pandering to the Trinidad & Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) that ensures there is no accountability or repercussions for teacher non performance.
- The dwindling number of male teachers and administrators -who because they are primary breadwinners will not consider teacher as a financially viable occupation due to the rising cost of living caused by bureaucracy, taxes and government created inflation via the Central Bank expansion of the money supply.
- The rendering of fathers in some homes redundant as a result of extensive public assistance options geared towards single mothers and women in general.
After all is said and done here's what you can expect.
- There will be expensive consultants and lawyers (friends) hired to draft reports, policy and legislation
- Committees will be set up do to give mealy-mouthed press conferences and statements
- Special interest lobbying groups in particular will push for certain classes of students to be identified as more vulnerable to bullying, e.g. homosexual students, disabled etc
- Anti-bullying legislation will be enacted adding more layers of bureaucracy probably requiring schools to report regularly incident details to the Ministry of Education.
- The definition of bullying will likely be expanded beyond physical aggression or threats of physical aggression, to name-calling, "cyberbullying", teasing or politically incorrect statements.
Meanwhile, students will be further conditioned to be thin-skinned, disarmed, passive victims relying on big brother government as their ultimate protector.
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